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dante & natalia
dialogue - #708090 | dialogue - #A5435C
dialogue - #708090 | dialogue - #A5435C
Natalia was about to leave, hearing a customer calling her from behind for more coffee, when she heard the young woman agree to her offer. She didn't like to agree to anything without knowing the pay prior to it, but that could always be arranged in the car before getting too far. "Great, let me get my bag," she said, turning around. Out of habit, she stopped at the other table and poured a cup of coffee. Yes, the couple looked like they needed to get going, but she was sure they could wait a second.
Date, on the other hand, knew that they definitely could not wait for the waitress to take her sweet time. The bell from above the door rung as the scientists stepped inside. It only took a flash second before he heard a call, "Hey! You two there, what are you doing out here?"
"Shit," Dante said through his teeth, letting go of Elena.
Dante looked down at Avery and reached over, grabbing the young man's wrist and pulling him out of the booth. Dante, of course, hadn't meant to do it as roughly, but the scientists were running towards them, their faces lit up in fury. "Yeah, we need go to-- now," he said.
Running, he went over to Natalia, who had stopped to look over at them with slight confusion. Dante ran up to her and pushed her along. "Watch it!" She shrieked, dropping the coffee. The glass container hit the ground with a loud noise and shattering.
Again, Dante wasn't exactly loving the commotion that had quickly surfaced, but they couldn't get caught. He made sure to drag Natalia along, ignoring the complaining costumer behind them. Not sure what was exactly going on but catching up quickly to the idea that the people running towards them were probably not the best, she said to the small group, "I need to get my keys," Natalia told Dante once they were in the kitchen, where a very confused chef froze, letting a beef patty burning. Dante nodded, slightly frustrated at the delay, as the scientists burst through the doors.
It would only be a minute, he told himself as he watched the two scientists come towards them. They didnāt have any weapons on them, but he was sure they had something up their sleeves.
Glancing over at Elena, he hoped that she was thinking the same thing as him. When a swing was thrown his way, Dante ducked under the arm and returned the blow with a punch to the stomach.
Out of breath, the scientist tumbled back. āYou-ā the words didnāt have enough air or time to come out because Dante was already delivering another punch, this time to the face. He looked over to a table and saw a knife. He tried to get it to move, but the object remained there, unmoving. With a growl, Dante threw another punch.
Thankfully, superhumans were trained to engage in everything from physical combat to use of weapons. Unfortunately for them, the scientists werenāt clueless either. Dante had stopped being trained after the accident, but he still knew what to do.
Dante was delivering another punch, hoping to knock the scientist out, but it was blocked. The scientist threw his body forward, ramming his shoulder into Danteās abdomen and wrapping his arms around Danteās waist. The boy was lifted off the ground before slammed down onto the kitchen ground.
The backpack helped break the fall, but the air was still knocked out of his lungs. The scientist threw himself on top of Dante, slamming down his weight so that Dante couldnāt move. The scientist delivered a punch; Dante was able to deflect it, but it still hit his nose.
Moving his hips up, Dante tried to get the scientist off of him, but the man was too heavy.
Dante watched as the scientist swiftly reached into his pocket and pulled out a very familiar object. A short, silver tube. To a normal person, it could pass off as a retractable pen or even. However, Dante knew that an injection from its retractable needle would knock him out.
"No!ā He said through his teeth.
Meanwhile, Natalia had already hurried out with her keys in hand. How could she have been so stupid? To get herself into a situation like this? When she heard loud noises coming from the kitchen, she hurried and ran outside. What she saw left her with eyes wide open. Her eyes flashed towards Dante who was down on the floor.
She was about to run towards with when she saw, much to her amazement, a knife cutting through the air and entering the scientistās back. With a terrified gasp, Natalia took a step back and Dante pushed the man off.
Dante took the flash, putting it in his own pocket, before standing up. His gray eyes looked over at Natalia and then down at the bleeding scientist. He remembered the day he had hurt a scientist for the first timeā the paralyzing fear and shock, and the pain that followed. He wasnāt sure if Natalia felt similar emotions, but they didnāt have time to think about that right now. He was glad to see that at least the cook had run out, at least, hopefully before seeing what he or possibly what Elena had done.
He turned to look over at the other scientist, hoping that Elena had dealt with them and they could get going.